Sepioloidea pacifica, also known as the Pacific bobtail squid, is a species of cuttlefish native to the southern Pacific Ocean; it occurs off New Zealand in the west and in the Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges in the east.

[3][4] The type specimen was collected off New Zealand and is deposited at the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington.

[5] Sepioloidea pacifica was first described as a species in 1882 by T.W.

[6] Male mantles can grow up to 19 mm in length, and female mantles can grow up to 26 mm in length.

[7] Sepioloidea pacifica have rows of 5 biserial suckers, with the largest suckers closer to the edge of the arms.